Asked by Bradley
The softball team is hosting a dance as a fundraiser. They sold 38 more individual tickets than couples’ tickets and earned a total of $730. Write and solve a system of equations to represent this situation if individual tickets cost $3 and couples’ tickets cost $5. How many individual tickets were sold?How many couples’ tickets were sold?
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mathhelper
couple tickets =====> x
solo tickets =====> x + 38
5x + 3(x+38) = 730
solve for x
or, if you insist on using 2 variables ....
couple tickets =====> x
solo tickets =====> y
y - x = 38
3y + 5x = 730
multiply the first by 5, then add them, etc
solo tickets =====> x + 38
5x + 3(x+38) = 730
solve for x
or, if you insist on using 2 variables ....
couple tickets =====> x
solo tickets =====> y
y - x = 38
3y + 5x = 730
multiply the first by 5, then add them, etc
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